Jules Verne Trophy 2005 - Bruno Peyron/Orange II www.maxicatamaran-orange.com - zur Übersicht www.orange.fr Press Release N° 37 Paris le jeudi 3 mars 2005 JULES VERNE TROPHY 2005 Two hours of check-up off the Brazilian coast... No bad surprise for Orange II, and still a 10-day lead over Cheyenne's record. Flat seas, no wind : Bruno Peyron encountered the perfect conditions to come to a stop, this morning between 10 and noon, off Brazil. The crew was able to undertake an extensive check, and dive under the hull in order to inspect the port rudder and daggerboard, damaged when the catamaran hit a cetacean* last Sunday. The outcome is very reassuring, and Bruno Peyron acknowledged the fact that the incident would not have major consequences as far as the record is concerned. Bruno Peyron : "There's no wind, the timing is just perfect. The boat is in great shape, except for a minor dent in the port bow crash-box, and of course the damaged first layer on the port rudder blade". Along with Nicolas de Castro, the skipper dove to assess the damage. "We went closer to have a good look. We sawed off the fences, since the front part was torn off. The 90°-oriented carbon layers* are gone, but the 45° layers look strong. As it had been planned when the crew rounded the cape Horn, Peyron took advantage of this pit-stop to examine the whole boat. "We checked the mast, the indexsail traveller, and changed the bearings of the headboard traveller. Meanwhile, the indexsail and the Solent jib were down". The maxi-catamaran has only been stopped for two hours, between 10 and noon (French time) for inspection purposes. She will now sail on towards the Equator, with Ushant and Cheyenne's reference time as final objectives. At 10 GMT, Orange II was located roughly 60 miles ahead of Fossett's day 48 position, which gives the French maxi-cat a 10-day lead, when at the same time last year Cheyenne still had 10 and a half days to reach Ushant. Yet, Orange II should pick up speed rather slowly now. Bruno Peyron confirms that the wind will increase, but gradually. "The wind is weak, and even did a 360° rotation. It will shift from the WNW to the N, then to the NE and finally to the E. We should be a bit slow for the coming hours... Our ETA for the Equator keeps on changing, but we should be there Sunday, sometime between midnight and noon". In order to beat Steve Fossett's record (estd. on April the 5th, 2004) of 58 days, 9 hours, 32 minutes, Orange II has to cross the line before 19:34?52?? (GMT) on March the 23rd. Key figures Day at sea: 38 Latitude: 17 40.76? S Longitude: 34 24.52? W Speed over 24 hours: 16.7 knots Distance over 24 hours: 402 nm Speed since the start: 23.7 knots Distance covered: 21630 nm Reindexing distance: 4429.50 nm Lead on day 38 - Jules Verne record: +3979 (ahead) - Absolute RTW record: +3285 (ahead) - Only one whale - Despite what had been announced on the website yesterday, Orange II did not collide with a second whale. It only happened once, Sunday evening. The boat could not be reached by phone yesterday, and there has been a misinterpretation of a message sent by Yann Eliès, who evoked the only incident, which had taken place two days before. Please accept our apologies. - The rudder blades are layered with thin carbon skins, 90 or 45°-oriented, and stacked. The 90° layer is the external one, which was damaged in the collision. Website: http://www.maxicatamaran-orange.com Radio sessions: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1.15 p.m. GMT at Orange race headquarters and live on Internet. Wednesday's broadcast will be a live video link on Internet and on Orange mobile handsets. Orange Race headquarters: Fédération Française de Voile 17, rue Henri Bocquillon 75015 PARIS (Métro Boucicaut) JULES VERNE TROPHY 2005 MAXI-CATAMARAN ORANGE II Morning press release Paris, Thursday 3rd March 2005 – 05.00 GMT An important transition Since last night, the Orange II maxi catamaran has left the low-pressure area, which has been pushing her along since Cape Horn, and entered a transition zone, marking the return of the trade winds from the St. Helena high. Bruno Peyron’s crew is going to have to take advantage of the calm moments that lie ahead off Porto Seguro (Brazil) to carry out work on the damaged port rudder, before they can zoom away again towards the Equator. Today, in spite of light, variable winds, Orange II is likely to have clocked up a lead of 10 days over Cheyenne’s outright record. Bruno Peyron, Thursday morning at 04.00 GMT: «Things are going well. We’re currently passing through a rather tricky convergence zone off Brazil as forecast. So we have frequent sail changes to carry out, alternating between the code zero and the solent. We have 10-12 knots of wind, which drops off to 4-5 knots at times. We’re going to do our best to get out of this spot as best we can. This transition arrived a bit earlier than we had hoped for carrying out the work, because it’s still dark. However, the situation is unlikely to change much during the day. It wasn’t easy to see this weather situation coming, so we’re going to have to improvise. We’ll be carrying out our check-up as planned. If we don’t use Plan A, we’ll switch to Plan B. The aim today is to get out of this tricky area, find the right moment to carry out our work, and then get going immediately afterwards. For the time being, we’re working on the weather, particularly what lies ahead in this zone and up to the Equator, or until we reach the north easterly trades. We’re not really looking much at the North Atlantic, as it’s a complete mess, so I prefer not to look! There’s no way through for the moment, and things are going to have to change by the time we get up there. It just can’t stay like that. Apart from that, it’s getting hotter and hotter. This is a wet equatorial climate, which isn’t very pleasant inside, so it’s better to be outside.» Data Day at sea: 38th Date : 03/03/2005 Time (GMT) : 04h20 Latitude : 18 08.68' S Longitude : 34 44.20' W Instantaneous speed: 10.2 knots Instantaneous bearing: 46 Average speed: 8.8 knots Speed over 24h: 19.3 knots Distance over 24h: 463 nm Speed since the start: 23.8 knots Total distance: 21588 nm Reindexing distance: 4458.80 nm Website: http://www.maxicatamaran-orange.com Radio sessions: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1.15 p.m. GMT at Orange race headquarters and live on Internet. Wednesday’s broadcast will be a live video link on Internet and on Orange mobile handsets. 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